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In my day we used manufacture consent for illegal military action, but I suppose the president never was big on consent.
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
In my day we used manufacture consent for illegal military action, but I suppose the president never was big on consent.
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Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
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Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.
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To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
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every day in the U S A
February 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
every day in the U S A
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I don't recall off hand who made the point about AI being, more than anything else, a machine for displacing responsibility. That increasingly looks like its most reliable feature
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I don't recall off hand who made the point about AI being, more than anything else, a machine for displacing responsibility. That increasingly looks like its most reliable feature
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A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
time for another french revolution
This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 AM
time for another french revolution
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
We can’t have a Firefly Lego set, because “it’s got adult themes”, but there is now a Stranger Things (18+) Lego set including a minifigure of the melted-face arch-villain who murdered his own parents and likes to blow people’s heads up for a lark. Oh well.
December 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We can’t have a Firefly Lego set, because “it’s got adult themes”, but there is now a Stranger Things (18+) Lego set including a minifigure of the melted-face arch-villain who murdered his own parents and likes to blow people’s heads up for a lark. Oh well.
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Surely the true danger to women in public toilets are trans people!
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Surely the true danger to women in public toilets are trans people!
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
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This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
ladies and gentlemen, this is the person on whom the whole tech sector depends heavily at the moment due to hype and bad investments. what could possibly go wrong?
December 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ladies and gentlemen, this is the person on whom the whole tech sector depends heavily at the moment due to hype and bad investments. what could possibly go wrong?
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Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
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Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Merry Christmas everybody
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Merry Christmas everybody
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I’m a MAN
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’m a MAN
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
A MAN’S man
I eat STEAKS
With TRUFFLE BUTTER
At FANCY restaurants
And I pay CLOSE ATTENTION
To what OTHER DUDES order
And my ability to enjoy food is VERY DELICATE
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call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
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Poor Andrew Tate.
Beaten to a bloody pulp by an *amateur*...
...wearing pink gloves.
I may never stop laughing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Beaten to a bloody pulp by an *amateur*...
...wearing pink gloves.
I may never stop laughing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Poor Andrew Tate.
Beaten to a bloody pulp by an *amateur*...
...wearing pink gloves.
I may never stop laughing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Beaten to a bloody pulp by an *amateur*...
...wearing pink gloves.
I may never stop laughing 🤣😂🤣😂🤣